Takacs Quartet Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn: String Quartets CD

Felix Mendelssohn's impassioned F minor quartet was the fiercely personal response to his sister Fanny's death in 1847, only a few months before his own. The Takcs Quartet frame it with equally committed accounts of a much earlier work, and Fanny's own important contribution to the genre.

1. Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major I. Adagio ma non troppo 2. Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major II. Allegretto 3. Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major III. Romanze 4. Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major IV. Allegro molto vivace 5. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80 I. Allegro vivace assai û Presto 6. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80 II. Allegro assai 7. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80 III. Adagio 8. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80 IV. Finale: Allegro molto 9. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op.13 I. Adagio û Allegro vivace 10. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op.13 II. Adagio non lento 11. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op.13 III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto û Allegro di molto 12. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op.13 IV. Presto û Adagio non lento